Fortune's children :
Vanderbilt, Arthur T., 1950-
Fortune's children : the fall of the house of Vanderbilt / Arthur T. Vanderbilt II. - 1st ed. - New York : Morrow, c1989. - x, 496 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-481).
The Commodore (1794-1877) --
The blatherskite (1877-1883) --
Alva (1875-1883) --
Consuelo (1883-1895) --
Alice of the Breakers 91895-1899) --
The court jesters (1895-1912) --
Biltmore (1895-1933) --
The Kingfisher (1899-1931) --
Reggie (1901-1934) --
Mrs Vanderbilt (1934-1955).
Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after his death, no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, Fortune's Children traces the dramatic and amazingly colorful history of this great American family, from the rise of industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt to the fall of his progeny--wild spendthrifts whose profligacy bankrupted a vast inheritance.
0688072798
Vanderbilt family.
Upper class
Wealth
Biographies
Biography--Biography.--United States--History.--United States
United States--Biography.
973.086 / VAN
Fortune's children : the fall of the house of Vanderbilt / Arthur T. Vanderbilt II. - 1st ed. - New York : Morrow, c1989. - x, 496 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-481).
The Commodore (1794-1877) --
The blatherskite (1877-1883) --
Alva (1875-1883) --
Consuelo (1883-1895) --
Alice of the Breakers 91895-1899) --
The court jesters (1895-1912) --
Biltmore (1895-1933) --
The Kingfisher (1899-1931) --
Reggie (1901-1934) --
Mrs Vanderbilt (1934-1955).
Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after his death, no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Written by descendant Arthur T. Vanderbilt II, Fortune's Children traces the dramatic and amazingly colorful history of this great American family, from the rise of industrialist and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt to the fall of his progeny--wild spendthrifts whose profligacy bankrupted a vast inheritance.
0688072798
Vanderbilt family.
Upper class
Wealth
Biographies
Biography--Biography.--United States--History.--United States
United States--Biography.
973.086 / VAN